android Broadcast 广播的另一种不常用，但是很有用的方式。

有关在Content.java中的说明：

    /**
     * Perform a {@link #sendBroadcast(Intent)} that is "sticky," meaning the
     * Intent you are sending stays around after the broadcast is complete,
     * so that others can quickly retrieve that data through the return
     * value of {@link #registerReceiver(BroadcastReceiver, IntentFilter)}.  In
     * all other ways, this behaves the same as
     * {@link #sendBroadcast(Intent)}.
     *
     * <p>You must hold the {@link android.Manifest.permission#BROADCAST_STICKY}
     * permission in order to use this API.  If you do not hold that
     * permission, {@link SecurityException} will be thrown.
     *
     * @param intent The Intent to broadcast; all receivers matching this
     * Intent will receive the broadcast, and the Intent will be held to
     * be re-broadcast to future receivers.
     *
     * @see #sendBroadcast(Intent)
     */
    public abstract void sendStickyBroadcast(Intent intent);

实例：

package com.android.testbroadcast;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
	Button btnSendi;
	Button btnSends;
	Button btnStart;
	Context mContext;
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        btnSendi=(Button) findViewById(R.id.sendi);
        btnSends=(Button) findViewById(R.id.sends);
        btnStart=(Button) findViewById(R.id.start);
        mContext=getApplicationContext();
        btnSendi.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){

			@Override
			public void onClick(View v) {
				// TODO Auto-generated method stub
				Intent intent = new Intent();
			    intent.setAction("com.android.my.action");
			    intent.setFlags(1);
			    mContext.sendBroadcast(intent);
			}
        	
        });
        
        btnStart.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){

			@Override
			public void onClick(View v) {
				// TODO Auto-generated method stub
				Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this,ReceiverActivity.class);
			   
			    startActivity(intent);
			}
        	
        });
        
        btnSends.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){

			@Override
			public void onClick(View v) {
				// TODO Auto-generated method stub
				Intent intent = new Intent();
			    intent.setAction("com.android.my.action.sticky");
			    intent.setFlags(2);
			    mContext.sendStickyBroadcast(intent);
			}
        	
        });
    }
}

package com.android.testbroadcast;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.IntentFilter;
import android.net.wifi.WifiManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;

public class ReceiverActivity extends Activity {
	 private IntentFilter mIntentFilter;
	
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        mIntentFilter = new IntentFilter();
        mIntentFilter.addAction("com.android.my.action");
        mIntentFilter.addAction("com.android.my.action.sticky");

			
    }
    private BroadcastReceiver mReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {

        @Override
        public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
            final String action = intent.getAction();
            System.out.println("action"+action);
            
        }
    };
    
    @Override
    protected void onResume() {
    	// TODO Auto-generated method stub
    	super.onResume();
    	registerReceiver(mReceiver, mIntentFilter);
    }
    
    @Override
    protected void onPause() {
    	// TODO Auto-generated method stub
    	super.onPause();
    	unregisterReceiver(mReceiver);
    }
    
    
}

在MainActivity里面会有sendBroadcast和sendStickyBroacat.在ReceverActivity里面通过BroadcastReceiver来接收这两个消息，在ReceiverActivity里是通过代码来注册Recevier而不是在Manifest里面注册的。所以通过sendBroadcast中发出的intent在ReceverActivity不处于onResume状态是无法接受到的，即使后面再次使其处于该状态也无法接受到。而sendStickyBroadcast发出的Intent当ReceverActivity重新处于onResume状态之后就能重新接受到其Intent.这就是the Intent will be held to be re-broadcast to future receivers这句话的表现。就是说sendStickyBroadcast发出的最后一个Intent会被保留，下次当Recevier处于活跃的时候，又会接受到它。